General News of Monday, 10 February 2020Source: GNAStakeholders review communications materials for health promotionDr Da Costa AboagyeKey stakeholder institutions including the media, NGO,s working in the area of health, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and Information Services Department (ISD), have been engaged in reviewing the various risk communication materials for public health promotion. The stakeholders, together with the requisite staff of the Health Promotion Division (HPD) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), scrutinized both newly developed and existing information materials such as pull-ups, flyers and posters for providing basic public education on the coronavirus outbreak and other similar outbreaks. Dr Da Costa Aboagye, the Director for Health Promotion, HPD, underscored the importance of effective risk communication in times of disease outbreaks and in other public health emergencies to prevent rumours and panics. He said the HPD with its with additional responsibility to ensure the effective management of rumours during disease outbreaks and in all other public health emergencies, deemed the development of these health promotion materials as crucial to the success of quality healthcare in Ghana. Dr Aboagye, however, said the Division already had a comprehensive National Risk Communication Plan in place, and had since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, developed key messages for the Airport and international arrivals.

Source: GhanaWeb February 10, 2020 00:33 UTC